Test 3 · ★ · Fairy Book, The Rover of the Plain, part 34: a proud king'…

did the bride just ask for a buffalo instead of her sisters??

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: bride · What happens: ask

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1168 «Fairy Book, The Rover of the Plain, part 34: a proud king's magic is ruined, and a bride asks for a buffalo» of the books course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 ask	aux
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 bride	det
3	bride	bride	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ask	nsubj
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 ask	advmod
5	ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 buffalo	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 buffalo	det
8	buffalo	buffalo	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ask	obl
9	instead	instead	ADV	_	12 sisters	case
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 sisters	case
11	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 sisters	nmod:poss
12	sisters	sister	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 ask	obl
13	??	??	PUNCT	_	5 ask	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past · do-support	the bride					for a buffalo; instead bride's sisters	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

nah, she asked for the buffalo and the whole herd of oxen too, she was so extra about it all

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 asked	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 asked	nsubj
4	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 buffalo	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 buffalo	det
7	buffalo	buffalo	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 asked	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 herd	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 herd	det
10	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 herd	amod
11	herd	herd	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 buffalo	conj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 oxen	case
13	oxen	ox	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 herd	nmod
14	too	too	ADV	_	4 asked	advmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 extra	punct
16	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 extra	nsubj
17	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 extra	cop
18	so	so	ADV	_	19 extra	advmod
19	extra	extra	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 asked	conj
20	about	about	ADP	_	21 it	case
21	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 extra	obl
22	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	21 it	det

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past	she					for the buffalo and the whole herd of oxen	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	she					about herd; extra property	tree rules

Option 2

yep, the buffalo, the Rover of the Plain, because her sisters were just too lazy to help out

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yep	yep	INTJ	_	4 buffalo	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yep	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 buffalo	det
4	buffalo	buffalo	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 Rover	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Rover	det
7	Rover	Rover	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 buffalo	appos
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 Plain	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Plain	det
10	Plain	Plain	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Rover	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 lazy	punct
12	because	because	SCONJ	_	18 lazy	mark
13	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 sisters	nmod:poss
14	sisters	sister	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 lazy	nsubj
15	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 lazy	cop
16	just	just	ADV	_	18 lazy	advmod
17	too	too	ADV	_	18 lazy	advmod
18	lazy	lazy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 buffalo	parataxis
19	to	to	PART	_	20 help	mark
20	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 lazy	advcl
21	out	out	ADP	_	20 help	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	her sisters					lazy property	tree rules
2	help out	to-infinitive	her sisters not said here						vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

yep, the Rover of the Plain, she was so extra

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yep	yep	INTJ	_	12 extra	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yep	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Rover	det
4	Rover	Rover	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 yep	vocative
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 Plain	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Plain	det
7	Plain	Plain	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Rover	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yep	punct
9	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 extra	nsubj
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 extra	cop
11	so	so	ADV	_	12 extra	advmod
12	extra	extra	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	she					extra property	tree rules

Option 4

nah, she asked for the horse instead

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 asked	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 asked	nsubj
4	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 horse	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 horse	det
7	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 asked	obl
8	instead	instead	ADV	_	4 asked	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past	she					for the horse; instead property	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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